Cantor appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday and was asked, in the context of promoting a more civil tone in political debate, to dismiss birthers' claims that the president was not born in the United States.

"Most Americans really are beyond that," said Cantor, insisting that the issue was generated by "the media and others in the country."

"I don't think it's nice to call anyone crazy," Cantor continued when pressed by host David Gregory as to whether he would use the phrase to describe such claims. "I don't think it's an issue that we need to address at all. It is not an issue that even needs to be on the policy-making table right now whatsoever."

"I think the president is a citizen of the United States," Cantor said, going on to say, "I think this president wants what's best for this country."

It took two years for this 'einstein' to accept that as a fact? Two years? After the election and certifications and intense scrutiny? What is it with Republicans. One of their own 'einstein' judges on the Supreme Court also has trouble with "understanding .. the filing instructions". Very simple. Follow the rules. Born in the USA to an American citizen.

There are some people that never accepted the fact we have a Black President and had a woman Speaker of the House. Many people feel that these two positions in government are only for WASP conservative men. There are people that just have never accepted Obama and Pelosi and will take every political cheap shot to discredit them. This whole “birther” thing is a political cheap shot that makes us look like a bunch of fools to the rest of the world. Twenty years ago the USSR fell apart. If we do not start addressing the real issues, we are going to fall apart as well!

There are some people that never accepted the fact we have a Black President and had a woman Speaker of the House. Many people feel that these two positions in government are only for WASP conservative men. There are people that just have never accepted Obama and Pelosi and will take every political cheap shot to discredit them. This whole “birther” thing is a political cheap shot that makes us look like a bunch of fools to the rest of the world. Twenty years ago the USSR fell apart. If we do not start addressing the real issues, we are going to fall apart as well!

I'm no fan of the guy. I also don't understand why he doesn't open up his records (birth, school, whatever else) because it gives ammunition to those who say he is hiding something. And everyday that they are kept sealed makes me think the same thing as well. Where is the transparency? I would think he would welcome the opportunity to let the American people know who he is.

what i don't understand is the fixation on the certificate of live birth as the only documentation that proves he is a natural born citizen. how does the short form or the newspaper announcements negate his birth in hawaii?

what i don't understand is the fixation on the certificate of live birth as the only documentation that proves he is a natural born citizen. how does the short form or the newspaper announcements negate his birth in hawaii?

I'm glad Rep. Cantor clarified that, now I can rest easy. Seriously, if one objectively watched/watches "Meet The Press" from this past Sunday (1/23), Rep. Cantor dodged a lot of direct questions about specifics, and with a smile on his face. I wouldn't trust anything he says, transparency is definitely lacking. Like others in his party, they're quick to criticize, slow to show leadership. Their last time in charge was a failure: they doubled the national debt and then some (their war costs are off-budget) and their obstructionism from the past year has and will hurt this country dearly. They nixed legislatively setting up the deficit commission, leaving the President to do so, then criticized and later ignored (as is permissible since it wasn't legislated) the recommendations rather than coming up with their own. More recently, they took tax cuts off the table in the pay-as-you-go rules, allowing them to further exacerbate the national debt. Fine bunch they are.

It's not surprising that enough conspiracy theorists exist to post on the WaPo board. What is surprising is that a noticeable percentage of the US population continues to believe these stories, despite that a simple Google search disproves all the weird allegations made on this board and in other spots.

Why is this such an issue for so many people, I wonder? I am not concerned about the particular issue, of course, but wonder this whole phenomenon. What triggers this form of mass hysteria, I wonder? What makes us cling to these kind of easily debunked theories long after they are disproven? Is it the feeling that someone is special because they belong to a "persecuted" group? Is it related to the various gnostic movements for various tops that pop up now and again?

I would think not, as these other issues tend to attract only a tiny percentage of any given population - but this one persists (perhaps because so many of us enjoy endlessly wondering about its very persistence)...

I was born in the US and have lived here for many years. My wife is not a US citizen and my children were born in a foreign country. (Note: I was not in the military or foreign service at the time.) But, I have certificates for all of them from the US government stating that they are a 'citizen of the United States from birth'.

Obama's mother and father had a similar situation - even if he was born on the moon, he would still be a US citizen FROM BIRTH due to his mother's citizenship and residency.

Also, as a former resident of Hawaii (courtesy of the US Army) I know that Hawaii does not have a legal document of birth other than the certificate of live birth. States get to make their own laws about this sort of thing and Hawaii has chosen to not have something called a long form birth certificate.

Cantor merely said that Obama was a CITIZEN. That does NOT necessarily mean that he believes that he was a natural born citizen, and so far we have absolutely NO proof of that. The governor of the state of Hawaii said he would produce said proof, but he failed famously. Obama, simply show us the certificate and end all of this. For some reason you can't, which is in itself most troubling. Don't blame those who merely ask for the credentials.

The sad fact remains that the current president, according to longstanding government clearance protocols, could not be hired as a janitor in a federal building with the amount of verifiable background information that he has provided.

Barack Obama's original typewritten long form birth certificate, school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers, medical records, passport history, Illinois state senate tenure records, presidential campaign foreign donor lists, complete White House visitor logs and other relevant records and documents have all never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of scrutiny, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations.

The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a considerable sum on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material.

Astute observers in corridors of power around the world and other quarters consider that the infamous original typewritten long form birth certificate, the most widely discussed item from the hidden paper trail, is actually the least relevant of all of the concealed records and documents, if it actually does indeed exist.

They believe that Obama's place of birth and parentage are of far less importance to the future of the United States than the truth about what makes him tick and who is pulling his strings, so to speak.

Whether the current president's biological father was the late Kenyan Barack Obama "Sr." or the late CPUSA member Frank Marshall Davis or the late "grandfather" Stanley Armour Dunham (arguably the likeliest candidate - see cashill.com among many other sources) or some other man matters much less than the truth about his past associations and ideological convictions and behavioral influences and ongoing relationships.

This is the sort of information about their presidential candidates that postwar modern era American voters had become accustomed to having the mainstream media provide for them, until 2008 when The Chosen One was given an astonishing free pass on the traditional practice of allowing for the release and scrutiny of his personal records and credentials.

Barack Obama was presented as a brilliant intellectual with stellar Ivy League credentials whose cool low key style would transform the culture of Washington and lead America into a new harmonious postracial era while achieving miracles of bipartisan cooperation.

Everyone knows how that really worked out.

There exists a widespread and growing speculation that an objective examination of Obama's hidden paper trail would clearly reveal that his meteoric rise up the educational and career ladders was largely the result of multiple affirmative action decisions.

The sad fact remains that the current president, according to longstanding government clearance protocols, could not be hired as a janitor in a federal building with the amount of verifiable background information that he has provided.

Barack Obama's original typewritten long form birth certificate, school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers, medical records, passport history, Illinois state senate tenure records, presidential campaign foreign donor lists, complete White House visitor logs and other relevant records and documents have all never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of scrutiny, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations.

The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a considerable sum on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material.

Astute observers in corridors of power around the world and other quarters consider that the infamous original typewritten long form birth certificate, the most widely discussed item from the hidden paper trail, is actually the least relevant of all of the concealed records and documents, if it actually does indeed exist.

They believe that Obama's place of birth and parentage are of far less importance to the future of the United States than the truth about what makes him tick and who is pulling his strings, so to speak.

Whether the current president's biological father was the late Kenyan Barack Obama "Sr." or the late CPUSA member Frank Marshall Davis or the late "grandfather" Stanley Armour Dunham (arguably the likeliest candidate - see cashill.com among many other sources) or some other man matters much less than the truth about his past associations and ideological convictions and behavioral influences and ongoing relationships.

This is the sort of information about their presidential candidates that postwar modern era American voters had become accustomed to having the mainstream media provide for them, until 2008 when The Chosen One was given an astonishing free pass on the traditional practice of allowing for the release and scrutiny of his personal records and credentials.

Barack Obama was presented as a brilliant intellectual with stellar Ivy League credentials whose cool low key style would transform the culture of Washington and lead America into a new harmonious postracial era while achieving miracles of bipartisan cooperation.

Everyone knows how that really worked out.

There exists a widespread and growing speculation that an objective examination of Obama's hidden paper trail would clearly reveal that his meteoric rise up the educational and career ladders was largely the result of multiple affirmative action decisions.

The most disheartening part of this issue is how easily people can accuse a person they don't even know (ie, Obama's late mother)of lying and cheating-- she told her son he was born in Hawaii, she got the state to acknowledge that with the certificate of live birth, yet thousands of people still assume she lied & cheated to get him recognized as a US citizen--shame on them.

EARL C missed the point: Obama has never been to court. The courts so far have dodged the question and refused to hear the case saying the plaintiffs "lacked Standing". Lacked standing? H E L L the American people don't lack standing when they are questioning the eligibilty of someone representing them from the highest office in the land! I think the courts so far are too C.S. the hear the case because if the truth shows Obama to be a phony, a usurper they are afraid of what happens. Well my question is; What if he's proven to be the phony more half the people think he, are they afraid of the reaction then? We already know he's a liar! No qustion about it. He lied on his law license application when asked what other names he used and he replied "none". Plus he's spent a fortune to hide the most basic of information that American citizens must show numerous times during their lives. So what's so special about Kenya Boy?

"By the way, the millions of dollars in legal fees? Please produce the tab."

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Wikipedia says there have been "at least 17" lawsuits involving Obama's eligibility to be president. Of course, I'm sure a lot of the legal work was paid for by third parties, or done "pro-bono" to get on the administration's good side.

"No one doubts Obama's mother was and is a citizen of the US, or that she met the residency requirement at the time of Obama's birth. Therefore, even in the bizarre off-chance that Obama WASN'T born in the US, he's still a natural-born citizen."

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I do not dispute what you say. My only question is WHY the secrecy around the birth certificate & college applications? What is Obama hiding?

i think the best arguement against the birthers was in 2009 when a roving reporter was trying to get some sensible answers from angry attendees who had carried the witch doctor signs (commissioned by the tea party patriots and dick armey), and called obama everything from hitler, stalin, pol pot, secret muslim and an undocumented alien..most just yelled the same platitudes at the reporter and screamed vile answers
but one guy was priceless when asked about the president's citizenship...with all seriousness he replied "well, he was born in hawaii!!"(you know-the island foriegn country)

Go to the last question at the bottom of the page. Abercrombie says that there is a "recording" of the birth, and that he wants to use that. He does NOT say there is a birth certificate.

in 1961, Obama's grandparents could have made an in-person report of a Hawaii birth even if the infant Barack Obama Jr. had been foreign-born. Similarly, the newspaper announcements of Obama's birth do not prove he was born in Hawaii, since they could have been triggered by the grandparents registering the birth as Hawaiian, even if the baby was born elsewhere.

Also, Obama's birth CERTIFICATE has never been on the Internet. What you have seen is a CERTIFICATION of Live Birth. The birth certificate would be hand-written or typed, and would include information like the hospital, the attending physician, his religion, his parents' names and more.

Now, I ain't saying Obama was born in Kenya. What I am saying is that there is something Obama has been working very, very hard to hide for years now.

"HOWEVER he is NOT a natural born citizen which is required to run for the President of the US. In order to be a natural born citizen, both parents MUST be US citizens at the time of his birth. "

Um, no. In order to be a natural born citizen (born the year he was born - the law is different for those born before 1952 or after 1986, I believe), he must be

1. born in the US OR:

2. Be the child of two natural born citizens (this is why John McCain, though born overseas, is a natural born citizen), OR

3. Be the child of a non-citizen and a citizen who has resided in the US for 10 years, five of which have to be after s/he attained the age of 14. No one doubts Obama's mother was and is a citizen of the US, or that she met the residency requirement at the time of Obama's birth. Therefore, even in the bizarre off-chance that Obama WASN'T born in the US, he's still a natural-born citizen.

In other words, all this crap about birth certificates is moot. Absolutely pointless. Obama meets the requirements for citizenship, and would meet them even if he'd been born in Kenya, Japan, or on the Moon. You're arguing not only for a ridiculous amount of conspiratorial coverup on Obama's parents' part (on the off-chance that their newborn baby MIGHT want to be President someday?), but a completely unnecessary conspiratorial coverup at that.

I was truly disappointed in Eric Cantor on "Meet the Press". Eric was a very intelligent, reasonable, articulate person when he was first elected to Congress. Sadly, he have let himself be co-opted into the Tea Party Republician speak. It is sad to see such good possibilities crumble under the weight of the rhetoric of the Republician Tea Party conservatism. He looked so very uncomfortable and did not answer any of Gregory's questions but offered the Tea Party textbook answers.

"Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie will end his quest to prove President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii because it is against state law to release private documents, his office said yesterday." (Actual press release)

"Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie will end his quest to prove President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii because it is against state law to release private documents, his office said yesterday." (Actual press release)

All of the above is akin to conspiracy theories. There are also legal safeguards to protect one's private life. Most of the controversy in Obama's life appears in his own words in his books. His birth certificate has been on the internet since shortly after the fuss began. The birthers basically do not believe legal documents. They prefer to believe the discredited forgeries made in Australia.

It is easy to want to know this and that about another person. How about a two-way street here?

By the way, the millions of dollars in legal fees? Please produce the tab.

Where was Eric Cantor on this issue two years ago? Positions of power do seem to have a sobering effect on some people. I did notice that some blogging here still do not believe that Obama is American. Well, go fact check John McCain. He was not born within the United States. This is a matter of public record. The public record is clear about Obama. The ones that say that Obama was not born in America should have to prove their birthplace after the nutcase birthers get a hold of them.

I'm a "birther" and will be until we see the real birth certificate.
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WHO designated you a "birther", and what EXACTLY does this mean? You have the audacity (because it's clearly not a right) to go around the country, point a narrow (ok -myopic) crooked finger at WHOEVER and deem them unAMERICAN? You never knew what the term was prior to November 2008, and now you want to wear it like a soiled sash?

Not one single so-called "birther" (as if you were there at the birth of every single person in this country) has the nerve to step up and say any of this out loud; they're like a bad, secret club that no one wanted to join...and yet, Group Think prevailed in spite of natural intelligence.

I can't stand cowards, and I am NOT hiding my disgust behind a computer.

The people objecting to Obama on the basis of his not being a natural born citizen are mad, insane, and just plain crazy based on the definitions above.

Congress sets the definitions of who is considered a natural born citizen. Such definitions can made inclusionally retroactive (they don't invalidate the citizenship of people who qualified under the previous rules but might not qualify under the new rules.) Since it would only require a majority vote by both the Senate and the House, and since the Democrats were in majority and in support of Barack Obama as President, the point is moot. Under the definitions at the time, Obama being born in Hawaii qualifies him as a natural born citizen. Claims that he was born elsewhere (like Kenya) and brought as an infant to Hawaii where a fake certificate was provided, miss the point that immigration would have noted that an infant accompanied his parents from Kenya to Hawaii. There's a perfectly legitimate short form certificate of birth for him.

I don't like Obama as a President. I think he's a failure, and a liar, having deceived the American voters with promises of changes during his campaign, and then behaving like just another G.W. Bush clone. But like him or not, the majority of you elected him as President, and we're just going to have to suffer through his next two years. Make a better choice next election.

Notice it's only left-leaning media or Democrats (like Hawaii's new governor) who keep fanning the flames of this non-issue, as they are desperate in their attempt to smear any opponents of Obama's actual policies.

Answer me this, liberals: which number is higher, the % of Republicans who are 'birthers',or the % of Democrats who are 9/11 'truthers'?

Given that there are far more Democrats who are convinced Bush was behind 9/11, you would think David Gregory would push even harder on all the liberals on his weekly panel to denounce such Democrats as 'crazies'.....

>>I'm a "birther" and will be until we see the real birth certificate. I would also like to see the passport he used to go to Pakistan when it was illegal for an American to travel there.

So funny - how's about you show for all of us where and when the US made it illegal for its citizens to travel to Pakistan. You demand proof of something that you have no right to demand - yet you feel completely entitled to spread your own falsehoods. Right wingers - such a piece of work!

>>I'm a "birther" and will be until we see the real birth certificate. I would also like to see the passport he used to go to Pakistan when it was illegal for an American to travel there.

So funny - how's about you show for all of us where and when the US made it illegal for its citizens to travel to Pakistan. You demand proof of something that you have no right to demand - yet you feel completely entitled to spread your own falsehoods. Right wingers - such a piece of work!

>>I'm a "birther" and will be until we see the real birth certificate. I would also like to see the passport he used to go to Pakistan when it was illegal for an American to travel there.

So funny - how's about you show for all of us where and when the US made it illegal for its citizens to travel to Pakistan. You demand proof of something that you have no right to demand - yet you feel completely entitled to spread your own falsehoods. Right wingers - such a piece of work!

It's a sad state of affairs when ignorance is considered by many to be an admirable quality. Calling someone an educated elite is considered by many to be an insult because most of us must be morons.
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Well stated, sir or madam.

I think we all need to stop calling people who disagree with us ridiculous, crazy, racist, etc. As a liberal I will never believe that George W. won both elections fairly. Some people might say that makes me crazy so I don't feel like I have the right to look down on birthers. There are people out there who will never accept Obama as our president no matter what. They are still Americans and we need to respect thier point of view even if we disagree with it.

I can only imagine Cantor's reaction if Nancy Pelosi had said, "I don't believe in Jeremiah Wright's opinions about white people, but I don't think that Jeremiah Wright is crazy." The YouTube website would crash in about 15 minutes.

This birther conversation has been and is rediculous. Firstly, "birthers" may consider reading the part in our Constitution that deals with presidential qualifications, none of which suggest anything other than the candidate must be a U.S. citizen, not the parents! Come on guys, its very clear and easy to read and understand. Futhermore, do you think for one moment that our Supreme Court would have allowed the candidacy of Obama to continue if he did not meet the requirements in full? Keep in mind this is the same Supreme Court that gave us George Bush for eight years! Birthers, please give up your silly racist rant!

This whole birther thing is so rediculous. Do you think for one moment that the conservative Supreme Court that is in place and brought us 8 years of George Bush would allow the presidential campaign go forward if Obama did not meet the requirements as outlined in the Constitution? This is just a silly racist rant...give it up guys!

I just don't get it. Let's agree, for sake of argument, that Obama is not a US citizen. What remedy do the birthers desire? The simplest, most obvious solution is that another democrat becomes President, Joe Biden. Do they really expect that two + years of legislation and executive orders would simply be undone, and the calendar would read Jan 2008 again? Do they think throwing the leadership of the US into turmoil would be a good thing both here in the US and in the eyes of the world? I have yet to read a birther suggest what they hope would happen if they were suddenly proved correct.

MKB1,
We have had other presidents without US citizen parents. Without even getting into all of the founding fathers, neither one of Andrew Jackson's parents we US citizens. I think both were Irish immigrants.

Astute observers in corridors of power around the world as well as other quarters consider that the current president's greatest long term political liability and obstacle to re-election is the fast growing awareness of the fact that he continues to conceal virtually the entire paper trail of his existence in a tight shroud of secrecy.

The mainstream media has given Barack Obama an astonishing free pass on this basic issue of personal truth and transparency.

It had become customary in postwar modern times for presidential candidates to allow for the release and scrutiny of the substantive body of their personal records and credentials, indeed up until 2008 in large measure precisely because of a strong interest from the mainstream media.

The appearance of Barack Obama upon the national political scene changed that dynamic, and he received a special exception from this important traditional practice.

In their eagerness to "make history" by covering the campaign of the man whom they were clearly interested in helping to become the first black president, the mainstream media failed in their essential national responsibility, namely to report on significant events with thoroughness and impartial objectivity. They ignored their duty to search for the truth and should be regarded with disdain by all people who value information in a free society.

It is certainly true that some modern era presidential candidates have been deceptive or less than completely forthcoming in cooperating with their necessary vetting by the American people.

The medical records of JFK were allegedly sanitized to delete his diagnosis of Addison's disease and history of treatments for STD related maladies. The financial records of LBJ were allegedly altered to conceal the extent of his business ownerships and investment holdings. The national guard service records of W were allegedly incomplete or missing regarding his attendance and compliance with some standard regulations.

All of these instances pale in comparison to the astounding totality of secrecy that conceals practically every original record and document from Barack Obama's past. Virtually the entire paper trail of his existence from birth to the White House continues to remain deeply hidden away.

Barack Obama's true origins, past associations, ideological convictions, behavioral influences and ongoing relationships are matters of great concern to a fast growing number of Americans of all political persuasions who just want to know the truth about this man.

This is the sort of information about their presidential candidates that American voters had become accustomed to having the mainstream media provide for them, that is, up until 2008.

This is the sort of information that Barack Obama and his handlers clearly don't want you to have.

Will they be able to effectively repeat their deception of 2008 between now and 6 November 2012?

MKB1...You need to do your home work before you submit your comments. You are totally wrong in your statements on the requirements of citizenship and the requirements of being President.

Think about it for one moment..if the Repub.
Party could have proven in court that Obama was not born in the United States, wouldn't they have taken the case to the Federal Courts to stop him?

It is too bad that Eric, the wimp, Cantor does not have the cojones to stand up to
all you "Birthers" and actully explain why Obama, like all other natural born citizens meets the requirements to be President.

The official records of the hospital-AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH IN THE STATE OF HAWAII CONFIRM THAT HE WAS BORN IN HAWAII-WHICH IS THE 50TH STATE AND MAKES HIM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

It does not count where your parents were born....it only counts where the person who is running for President was born.

Stop trying to rewrite the Constitution and the US law.

Perhaps your time would better spent if you would focus on the economic damaged caused by the total lack of funding spending bills by George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan.

After all it is these three "Fiscally Irresponsible Conservative" Presidents increased the National Debt by over 333%creating the foundation of the economic crisis we face today.

To red2million: There you go again! You just did everything the anti-birthers always do...insult, name-call..always full of such anger..but you have no answers to any of the many, many questions surrounding his birth and life. Polls show 43% of Americans question his eligibility. Hardly some fringe element. Some polls have it at 60%. And once again...the COLB posted is NOT the long form original birth certificate. The Governor can't find it and now needs cover from the AG of HI so is saying he has no authority to release it. Come on now!

quite a few morons, idiots and loonies on this page I must say. To you complete and utter retardedmorons like the incredibly stupid tard that says the governor of HI "claims" that he can't find Obama's birth certificate. The State of HI has posted it online, and quit taking requests for a copy of the document after they were innundated with requests from lunatics. You should all be rounded up and herded into the loony bin where you belong. And get this birthertards: Obama was really born on Zebulon 7, but guess what? He's still a more legitimate president than king george ever was, and REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE WAS BORN HE WILL BE PRESIDENT FOR TWO MORE YEARS AND YOU CAN'T DO ONE THING ABOUT IT BUT WHINE AND MAKE UP PREPOSTEROUS STORIES TO DISCREDIT HIM. If I make up a story I'm not crazy enough to actually believe it. birthers should be rounded up and confined, and should certainly be banned from owning firearms, since they're obviously mental defectives.

AndrewfromNH says his legitimacy has been proved 14 ways from Sunday...do tell. Please, list the 14 ways. I see many very lengthy and detailed posts listing all the things we don't know and no one seems to answer these points. All the anti-birthers do is call names...crazy, nut-jobs, haters, etc. Do the anti-birthers have any facts? Why doesn't the Post do some investigative reporting and publish some of the missing information? How about finding how how he got the money to go to these elite schools with poor grades and a single mother with meager income? Even David Gregory sounded panicked possibly because the Governor of HI has now been unable to locate the long form BC after all of his public crowing that he would end the controversy. All he found were "notations" in the archives. 40% of all births in HI in the 1960's were home births and those applications for birth certificates were made by mail....by anyone...grandparents, relatives. The announcementsI saw in the newspapers contained births that spanned a 9 day range...from July 30th-Aug. 7th. It also listed the grandparent's home address. It means nothing. My mother placed my son's birth announcement in her hometown newspaper...in ANOTHER STATE...but he wasn't born there. It proves nothing.
I think the Anti-birthers are so rabidly defensive of "their guy" that they haven't really listened to the all the questions and irregularities surrounding this man. Putting blinders on and saying "it isn't so" doesn't make it not true. It's not going away. Eventually the truth always comes out.
Actually, someone on another site had a simple observation..Obama, Jr looks nothing like Sr...maybe FMD is the father...they are much more similar in body build and physical appearance. Maybe the long form BC does exist and there is something embarrassing on it and that is why he is suppressing it.
Either was...the truth shall set you free.
When George Bush was President, the media was all over him, digging for anything embarrassing they could find in an attempt to discredit him. Examining his school records, DUI, National Guard records (Dan Rather lost his job over phony records)....even manufacturing lies to destroy. Now, the media won't even seek the truth or facts. What hypocrites!

American voters of all political persuasions can recall the Obama 2008 campaign repeatedly promising that their administration would uphold the highest ethical standards with a particular emphasis on transparency.

A vast majority of these voters believe that the process of running for the office of President of the United States should be the toughest public job interview on the planet.

The sad fact remains that the current president, according to longstanding government clearance protocols, could not be hired as a janitor in a federal building with the amount of verifiable background information that he has provided.

Barack Obama's original typewritten long form birth certificate, school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers, medical records, passport history, Illinois state senate tenure records, presidential campaign foreign donor lists, complete White House visitor logs and other relevant records and documents have all never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of scrutiny, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations.

The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a considerable sum on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material.

The mainstream media and various other Obama supporters have always been quick to selectively and purposefully focus on the so-called "birthers" whenever any mention is made of the current president's hidden paper trail.

By portraying the birthers as irrational or deranged individuals obsessed with the belief that Obama was born in Kenya or elsewhere outside of the United States, they seek to avoid any emphasis on the astounding unprecedented totality of secrecy that conceals virtually every original record and document from his entire past.

In fact, astute observers in corridors of power around the world and other quarters have always rejected the notion that Obama was born anywhere but Hawaii.

They consider the infamous original typewritten long form birth certificate, the most widely discussed item from the hidden paper trail, to be the least relevant of all of the concealed records and documents, and believe that Obama's place of birth and parentage are far less important to the future of the United States than the truth about what makes him tick and who is pulling his strings, so to speak.

Whether the current president's biological father was the late Kenyan Barack Obama "Sr." or the late CPUSA member Frank Marshall Davis or the late "grandfather" Stanley Armour Davis (arguably the likeliest candidate - see cashill.com among many other sources) or some other man matters much less than the truth about his past associations and ideological convictions and behavioral influences and ongoing associations.

People always believe what they WANT to believe because it makes THEIR views seem legitimate. They love feeding their own suspicions and accusations and love it when there are others doing the same thing.

Narrow-minded people will NEVER change their minds once they establish that their OPINIONS are FACTS, because to them, facts do not MATTER!

I heard Cantor on Meet The Press, and I must say he sure knows how NOT to answer a question! He answered very very few, and then it was only after David Gregory's relentless prodding! All Cantor wanted to do was preach the GOP mantra, which is anti-Obama all the way!

I think that most Americans believe that Obama was born in the U.S. Much too much press has been given to the theory by the press. They can take responsibility for the spread of the rumor. They've made it a Republican issue even though some Democrats were questioning it.

Here's the real issue. Dems sit back and allow the left wing to demonize the Tea Party with claims of hate, violence and racism but are outraged that a very small group of people is questioning Obama's birthright. What is wrong with this picture?

Yes, barack, steve, barry or whatever his name is, is a US citizen. –but do we really know?

HOWEVER he is NOT a natural born citizen which is required to run for the President of the US. In order to be a natural born citizen, both parents MUST be US citizens at the time of his birth. His father was a Kenyan/British citizen and NOT a US citizen. Conduct some research.

Just because this guy says it is so, it makes it truth? I doubt it. I for one want to see his REAL birth certificate, his school transcripts (which could lay to rest the thought that he was given scholarships based on his being foreign), I want to know the reasons he lost his law license (why his wife lost hers would be an extra), why he has a SSN issued in CT when he never lived in CT (and oh BTW used to belong to a person long dead (they don’t reuse numbers)) and the documents he wrote while in college. All of this is key to his life, his personality and his beliefs.

Yes, barack, steve, barry or whatever his name is, is a US citizen. –but do we really know?

HOWEVER he is NOT a natural born citizen which is required to run for the President of the US. In order to be a natural born citizen, both parents MUST be US citizens at the time of his birth. His father was a Kenyan/British citizen and NOT a US citizen. Conduct some research.

Just because this guy says it is so, it makes it truth? I doubt it. I for one want to see his REAL birth certificate, his school transcripts (which could lay to rest the thought that he was given scholarships based on his being foreign), I want to know the reasons he lost his law license (why his wife lost hers would be an extra), why he has a SSN issued in CT when he never lived in CT (and oh BTW used to belong to a person long dead (they don’t reuse numbers)) and the documents he wrote while in college. All of this is key to his life, his personality and his beliefs.

Yes, barack, steve, barry or whatever his name is, is a US citizen. –but do we really know?

HOWEVER he is NOT a natural born citizen which is required to run for the President of the US. In order to be a natural born citizen, both parents MUST be US citizens at the time of his birth. His father was a Kenyan/British citizen and NOT a US citizen. Conduct some research.

Just because this guy says it is so, it makes it truth? I doubt it. I for one want to see his REAL birth certificate, his school transcripts (which could lay to rest the thought that he was given scholarships based on his being foreign), I want to know the reasons he lost his law license (why his wife lost hers would be an extra), why he has a SSN issued in CT when he never lived in CT (and oh BTW used to belong to a person long dead (they don’t reuse numbers)) and the documents he wrote while in college. All of this is key to his life, his personality and his beliefs.

Cantor and the Republican hierarchy still encourage these inane ramblings by the birthers to this day. They simply say "I BELIEVE that Obama was born in the U.S." or "I see no evidence to the contrary that suggests that the President was born elsewhere." It ;s kind of a coded-double-speak that actually says to the birthers and the tea-partiers that the Republican leadership covertly encourages their furthering this issue.

I have been reading the outlandish, nonsense written by birthers since this began but the comments above contained new fantasies that I had seen before. Yes, the birthers are nuts. As more states computerize they will find themselves facing the same situation as the President faces and many other Americans face. Since they won't be able to obtain what they consider a valid birth certificate can we deport them then?

I want to comment about something ThisIsJohnGaltSpeaking said. He claimed that Obama was born to a U.S. citizen and therefore was born a citizen. We agree on this point but then he said that "Natural born citizen" has been interpreted as being born in the country and we disagree on that point. I do not believe the Supreme Court has ever ruled on this and if it has, why can't I find that ruling?

Obama is a natural born citizen because his mother was a U.S. citizen and he was born a citizen because of that. Though I believe he was born in Hawaii it really does not matter where he was born. Since birth, he has been a citizen. Period.

The president who campaigned for a more “open government” and “full disclosure” will not unseal his medical records, his school records, or his passport records. He will not release his Harvard records, his Columbia College records, or his Occidental College records—he will not even release his Columbia College thesis. All his legislative records from the Illinois State Senate are missing and he claims his scheduling records during those State Senate years are lost as well. In addition, no one can find his school records for the elite K-12 college prep school, Punahou School, he attended in Hawaii.

Obama literally couldn't pass a background check for a GS-2 Clerical working for the Federal Government but we can elect him leader of our country.

fbutler1 says
" Why is it that every white president in this country (outside the first four, of course) were born here and not questioned about their birthplaces, but the second a black president arrives, it's impossible for him to have been born here. How does a rumor like this even begin?"

Presidents 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 & 12, were "present at the adoption of the constitution."
With George Washington being 55 and Zachary Taylor being the youngest at 3 years old.

The Natural Born Citizens who became US Presidents are: 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38, 40, 41, 42 & 43.
Both of their parents either became citizens at the adoption of the constitution, or were born of the new citizens, or were naturalized before the future president was born.
Anomallies
#21 Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur was born on October 5, 1829, fourteen (14) years before his father William Arthur was naturalized as a US citizen, and therefore Chester A. Arthur was not a Natural Born Citizen, and not eligible to serve as a US president, a secret he kept during his usurpation of office. (wiki)

#44 Barack Hussein Obama
Barack Hussein Obama was born August 4, 1961, at Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii the son of Barack Obama, Sr., in Hawaii on a student visa, under consular jurisdiction of the British embassy and consulate, and his mother Stanley Ann Dunham, age18. (wiki)

http://www.barack-obama-timeline.com/
1959
Barack Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr., an outsadnding Kenyan student, is awarded scholarship from an American program offering Western educational opportunities. At the age of 23 Barack Obama Sr. leaves behind his pregnant Kenyan wife Kezia and their baby son and arrives in the United States to study math and economics at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Stanley Ann Dunham arrived in Hawaii in June 1960. Within 11 months she met both Frank Marshall Davis and Barack Obama, conceived Barack Obama Jr and left Hawaii to return to Mercer Island with her infant son but without her “husband”.

February 2, 1961 - Barack Obama Sr., 25, marries 18 year old Ann Dunham, a white American student he meets in a Russian-language class only a few months earlier. The ceremony takes place at Maui. At the time of their wedding, Ann Dunham is already three months pregnant with Barack Obama, Jr., and she doesn't know Barack Obama Sr. has a wife and children in Kenya.

Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961 at 7:52 PM in Honolulu, Hawaii. Stanley Ann Dunham was listed as the maiden name of the mother and Barack Obama was listed as the name of the father in the document put forward that appears to be a State of Hawaii Certificate of Live Birth. The document was filed on August 8, 1961. There is no indication that Barack Obama Senior was present at the birth of his third child. Stanley Ann’s high school classmate Susan Blake had the impression that he was not there, and may not even have been on the island of Hawaii at the time, but no other contemporary has any recollections on this issue one way or the other.

Hawaii Revised Statutes
§572-1 Requisites of valid marriage contract. In order to make valid the marriage contract, which shall be only between a man and a woman, it shall be necessary that:
(3) The man does not at the time have any lawful wife living and that the woman does not at the time have any lawful husband living;
(4) Consent of neither party to the marriage has been obtained by force, duress, or fraud;
(6) The man and woman to be married in the State shall have duly obtained a license for that purpose from the agent appointed to grant marriage licenses; and

3)Rules:
a)Since a society consists of its citizens, then a society determines the rules of nationality.
b)Since conception can occur without matrimony, then nationality is not controlled by matrimony, unless a society so chooses.
c)Allegiance to a society determines citizenship.
d)Since a child is under the age of consent and cannot contract, then a child follows the allegiance of the parents.
e)Since a society controls territory, then a society controls the application of the society's laws affecting nationality, within territory controlled by the society.
f)Occupation of a society's territory is not citizenship.
g)Since blood creates a being, then blood controls nationality.
h)A society can rule how the science of -- for example; artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, or adoption, affect nationality.
i)A society can rule how the dependencies of the marital relationship and child custody affect the derivative citizenship of the family.
j)A child conceived by artificial insemination or born by surrogacy is born out of wedlock.
k)Territory is a place of birth, not a nationality, unless a society so chooses, .
l)Since man's laws control nationality and matrimony, then man's laws can determine how conception and matrimony controls nationality.
m)Since aliens are visitors to a society, then the children born of aliens, while present in the territory of a society, do not become members of the society, but are members of their parent's society.
n)If a society accepts an alien as a resident of the society and the alien has allegiance to the society, then society may accept the alien's children as citizens, but not as natural born.
o)Since invaders are un-welcomed by a society, then the children born of invaders, while present in the territory of a society, do not become members of the invaded society, but are members of the invader's society.
p)Since US natural born citizenship is derived by blood, and naturalization is derived by man's laws, then concluding that life is not lost by the shedding of law, but naturalization is lost by the shedding of law; and while life is lost by the shedding of blood, therefore a natural born citizen survives without the naturalization laws of man.

2)US Natural Born Citizen:
a)Is a "second-generation" citizen resulting only from birth.
b)Cannot be a naturalized to become a US Natural Born Citizen.
c)Cannot be conceived or born out of wedlock.
d)Cannot be a foundling.
e)Cannot be born of an alien parent.
f)Cannot ever have been born a dual-citizen.
g)Can on reaching majority become dual-citizen without losing US Natural Born Citizenship.
h)Can be born of two US Citizen parents.
i)Can be born of two US Natural Born Citizen parents.
j)Can be born of one US Citizen parent plus one US Natural Born parent.
k)Can be native born of two US Citizen parents.
l)Can be native born of two US Natural Born Citizen parents.
m)Can be native born of parents where one is a US Citizen and the other a US Natural Born Citizen.
n)Can be native born posthumously of two US Citizen parents.
o)Can be native born posthumously of two US Natural Born Citizen parents.
p)Can be native born posthumously of parents where one is a US Citizen and the other a US Natural Born Citizen.
q)Can be foreign born of two US Citizen parents under special circumstances.
r)Can be foreign born of two US Natural Born Citizen parents under special circumstances.
s)Can be foreign born of two parents where one is a US Citizen plus the other a US Natural Born Citizen under special circumstances.
t)Has equal rights and responsibilities as a US Citizen.
u)Can serve in every government position, including in the line of succession to the US Presidency.

1)US Citizen:
a)Is a "first-generation" citizen resulting from naturalization, or by birth of a citizen and an alien.
b)Can be naturalized in a United State where resident.
c)Can be native born of two an alien parents.
d)Can be native born of one US Citizen parent plus one alien parent.
e)Can be native born of one US Natural Born Citizen parent plus one alien parent.
f)Can be foreign born of one US Citizen parent plus one alien parent.
g)Can be foreign born of one US Natural Born Citizen parent plus one alien parent.
h)Can be a foundling when found abandoned in a US state when under 5 years of age, unless foreign birth is established before the child reaches age 21.
i)Has equal rights and responsibilities as a US Natural Born Citizen.
j)Can serve in every government position, except in the line of succession to the US Presidency.

I can't fault Cantor for not calling "birthers" crazy. I don't think they're crazy. I do think that a bogus "issue" keeps being pulled out from under rocks by people who think that if they keep screaming for long enough, whatever they say will become true. The "birthers" are busy passing along the screaming, without thought.

I sure Obama was born in this country, and is a legal citizen. I know the matter has been confirmed fourteen ways from Sunday by authorities with all the legal and other ability needed to make sure of the facts, and that the people who did this confirmation represented all the people of this nation.

I have repeatedly heard "birthers" repeat the mantra "If he has nothing to hide, why doesn't he just produce the certificate?"

Seriously, all of you. Stop yelling at each other and check your own paperwork. Do you really have the document in your hands that you say the president should have?

I was born in the US more than fifty years ago. At one point my parents showed me an old-school birth certificate that had my footprint and a lot of other information on it. As far as I know, they still have that document in a safe-deposit box near where they live. I don't have it. When I needed to get a new driver's license a few years ago, I needed confirmation of citizenship. Between my old license, an old passport, and a document sent my by the state in which I was born, I passed all the necessary hurdles to get my new license.

I have that document at my desk. It is a "Certification of Birth." It doesn't name my parents, indicate my birthplace except by county, but it is an official proof of birth.

What paperwork do you have that makes you more of a citizen than I am?

My wife was born in the US more than fifty years ago. The hospital where she was born burned down more than thirty years ago. Her parents are long dead. She has proof of birth from her birth state, but it is similar to what I have next to me as I type.

How about it, birthers? Am I not married to a citizen? Are we both at risk of deportation for the crime of not having whatever documents it is that you think everyone should have in a place so they can produce it on a minute's notice?

As I said before. Can you meet your own standards? If not, would you please stop the screaming? Even if you can, stop assuming that anyone who doesn't have your particular "gold standard" documentation is an illegal alien. By your standards, my wife and I are also not "real Americans," and that upsets me.

Birthers often cite constitutional provisions to support their claims questioning Barack Obama’s qualifications to serve as U. S. President. But they ignore how they have already lost the argument in the forum our nation’s founders established to determine the question. The drafters, of our constitution, provided, in its third article that, “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may … establish.”

Judicial Power, vested by America’s founders, in our judicacy, entrusts our federal courts to decide, whether under our constituion, Obama is a legitmate president. This argument about Obama has been considered by lawyers, judges and courts many times. No one or court, who America’s tradition and constitution deems an authority, has found the birthers’ argument s and evidence valid.

I call on the media, including “Meet the Press”, to: Quit inflating your ratings by rehashing this story! I call on “Birthers” to: Respect the framework of government our founders established! Respect the rule of law! Respect our federal judges, most of whom are Republican, appointed by Republicans! The courts have ruled against you! Show real respect for our constitution, which gave courts the authority to decide this matter!

"AntiBirthers" are some of the least credible people around: they lie, they mislead, they tango away from questions, and then they smear to cover it all up. The "AntiBirthers" on the GOP/conservative side are *even worse*: they're even more intellectually and ethically deficient than their (openly) Obama-supporting counterparts.

For instance, both the *current* and *previous* HI governors have misled about this issue. Abercrombie tried to give the impression that he was at the birth hospital, but then he was forced to admit that - according to him - he'd seen Baby O at "social events". Yet, it's not clear whether StanleyAnn & Sr. ever even lived together, and StanleyAnn was in Seattle for about a year starting when O was as young as a few weeks. So, whether they were attending a lot of "social events" is somewhat questionable.

PepperDr, Hey dumba@@, McCain was born on a US naval base in Panama to two American citizens, one of whom was in the Navy. Just how stupid are you anyway? Wait, don't answer that--I don't have enough time to listen to just how stupid you are.

More than anything else, they are a bunch of ignorant racists. The one's who truly believe this nonsense are crazy and racist too. They completely ignore the fact that White @ss John McCain was born in Panama before Arizona was even a state. But that doesn't matter to these kooks.

More than anything else, they are a bunch of ignorant racists. The one's who truly believe this nonsense are crazy and racist too. They completely ignore the fact that White @ss John McCain was born in Panama before Arizona was even a state. But that doesn't matter to these kooks.

Racist birther bigots are not crazy. But they are white racist bigots with hatred, jealousy and discrimination oozing from pus filled bloody gums. They are racist to the core and after seeing the incompetent old curmudgeon John McCain and his backwoods Wasilla attack dog with a mustache get their rear ends handed to them in 2008 by the President, racist birther bigots are looking for a way around the democratic process. They think that hatred, racist lies and bigotry can overtun a national election.

Birthers often cite constitutional provisions to support their claims questioning Barack Obama’s qualifications to serve as U. S. President. But they ignore how they have already lost the argument in the forum our nation’s founders established to determine the question. The drafters, of our constitution, provided, in its third article that, “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may … establish.”

Judicial Power, vested by America’s founders, in our judicacy, entrusts our federal courts to decide, whether under our constituion, Obama is a legitmate president. This argument about Obama has been considered by lawyers, judges and courts many times. No one or court, who America’s tradition and constitution deems an authority, has found the birthers’ argument s and evidence valid.

I call on the media, including “Meet the Press”, to: Quit inflating your ratings by rehashing this story! I call on “Birthers” to: Respect the framework of government our founders established! Respect the rule of law! Respect our federal judges, most of whom are Republican, appointed by Republicans! The courts have ruled against you! Show real respect for our constitution, which gave courts the authority to decide this matter!

Eric Cantor is proving himself to be an idiotic fool. Saying he believes obama was born in the US when he doesn't or rather can't produce any proof. Again an idiot. He is trying to butter up (suck up)to obama. He will get what he deserves. Voted out not to return.
No one wants another politician like obama that makes unfounded statements or lies.

As far as "catmomtx" thinking that Republicans have gone against everything that Odumba has done the answer is that if someone is trying to burn down your house, stopping them isn't "obstructionism".

Thank God that this bozo will be put out to pasture in 2012.

Posted by: oldno7 | January 23, 2011 3:54 PM
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Oldno7, you are sniping at the Fire Department. The house was ablaze when he arrived on the scene and the fire could have been extinguished by now if the GOP had not said NO to every single remedial measure he has put forth.

Believing Comrade ObaMao is a natural born citizen is like believing in the tooth fairy absent the original birth certificate. This Cantor creep has always been a highly suspicious character.... probably another John McCain scumbag.

Most of the Tea Baggers and Birthers seem to be made up of a mix of gun-nuts, retired USG and military from all kinds of backgrounds except they all know what it is to get a security clearance simply because this group thrives on government pensions, Medicare, and TriCare medical. All provided to them by the government they seek so hard to destroy because in its present form it reaches out to the non-white and needy. But on the subject of the President's birth location and because during "vetting" the Secret Service and FBI had to do a most thorough check on him not just for the last 8 or 10 years but from birth. Now is there some conspiracy that both the Secret Service and FBI before the election was finalized gave Senator Obama a pass. And if they did, would such an effort not get leaked simply because there has to be a fair-share of right wing types filling the ranks of those organizations. In all it is just another sample of some very flawed thinking.

You know, if the birthers are so convinced that Obama was born in Kenya or wherever, they must surely have some evidence.

A Kenyan birth certificate? A newspaper announcement? Anything?

They have no evidence that Obama was born anywhere but in Hawaii. All they have is their evidence-free allegations that he wasn't. Let's see some evidence that he was born somewhere else. And, no, a question is not evidence.

The governor of Hawaii is an idiot if he thinks producing Obama's birth certificate will shut these nutjobs up. They're fanatics, just like the "truthers" who claim Bush was somehow complicit in the September 11 attacks. They would claim that water isn't wet and fire isn't hot, if it were somehow necessary to support their loony claims.

Nevertheless, Cantor is wise to observe the first rule of politics: Never insult a voter. And I don't recall any Democratic congressman being pressed to call birthers crazy. Or truthers either, for that matter. Hypocritical double standard much?

Cantor is perfect proof of how either incompetent (and ignorant) or how disingenuous our elected officials are. Once more: the issue is not whether Obama is a generic "citizen" of the US. The issue is whether he is a "natural born" citizen. Only the latter category of citizens can be a US president. Anyone who does not know the difference or who pretends there is no difference does not belong in public office - especially not in the federal Congress.

Many people in rural areas of the United States have been born at home and just received a notation in a family bible until until they needed a birth certificate. Everyone now knows that president Obama has a birth certificate. Do all Republican members of congress have one issued at the time of birth. Can they all prove their citizenship? I have never seen the birth certificate of my Republican Rep. or senators. Let's start with the doubters.

The Alaskan Gasbag, a.k.a. The Quitter who stole the Pig's lipstick, is a natural born citizen of Uranus. Why don't the birthers check out those credentials, when they stop sniffing her bicycle seat and drooling?

The Alaskan Gasbag, a.k.a. The Quitter who stole the Pig's lipstick, is a natural born citizen of Uranus. Why don't the birthers check out those credentials, when they stop sniffing her bicycle seat and drooling?

You know I could accept that IF you people came out of hiding BEFORE George Bush and Republicans burnt down the house. Now it seems you people are intent on making sure no one is able repair the damage because it is worth more to Republicans messed up than it is fixed up and looking great.

Cantor...you are a corrupt, embarrassment to those few Virginians who still love their country and hate to see what politicians willing to sell out to the highest bidder have done to her. Shame on you and please, don't bother worrying about whether it's better for you to be a straight-up leader or hedge your comments so you don't risk offending anyone who's as pointless as you are.

Don't think it's nice to call anybody crazy, eh, Cantor? That's a laugh. Jared Loughner has been called "crazy" since the shootings in Arizona. You wouldn't dare call HIM crazy, I bet.

Birthers are just that - CRAZY. Why is it that every white president in this country (outside the first four, of course) were born here and not questioned about their birthplaces, but the second a black president arrives, it's impossible for him to have been born here. How does a rumor like this even begin? Xenophobic d-bags who can't imagine how a white girl from Kansas and a guy from Kenya could get it on and have a baby Barack - in AMERICA, of all places. They met in college, after all, and Hawaii is a romantic place. Why would she have flown to Kenya during her final weeks of gestation to have the baby? More importantly, Obama did give documentation to support his bid to become president including a birth certificate, as did McCain who had a maritime birth - that's how it works.

But noooo, Republicans don't care how they get elected or who elects them, so they won't be honest with the public. All they have is lies and deceit. They know they can't win on the merits. They can't win without "Death Panels", or "gov't takeover", or "socialism", or "we need a revolution", or "secret Muslim", "taxes are too high", or any of the other inane ideas that they don't mind allowing to continue emanating from their crazy base.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the "I think" quote from Cantor. If the GOP really wanted this issue to go away they would be a lot more forceful on their stance. But no. They don't want to alienate their loony base. At the same time, they don't want to appear as complete nutjobs to independent voters by embracing it. I said this before and ill say it again: the GOP are good at 2 things only; destroying America and manipulating a large enough portion of it's people to stay relevant

Yeah, I think the republican leadership realize that they have some nutty folks in their party ... just like the Democrats know they have some of their own weirdness to slap down (teacher's unions anyone?).

The republican leadership is not going to disenfranchise their crazy element ... which I am disappointed about but then again, I think the democrats need to address their own weird elements.

I'm glad to see the Republicans making SOME attempt to address their wierd elements ...

It's very simple Obama can prove the birthers wrong. Why doesn't he do so? It should be mandatory when candidates turn in the paperwork to run for president that a copy of their birth certificate be included. It's a requirement for the office so why isn't it done now? Come on Obama prove those "crazy birthers" wrong. You've spent several million dollars avoiding the question.

Posted by: Desertdiva1 | January 23, 2011 6:16 PM | Report abuse

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Oh for goodness sakes. HE HAS!!! What part of that don't you people get? No matter what he does some people won't accept it, period. There is absolutely NOTHING President Obama can do to prove to birthers that he was born in Hawaii. He proved it to the people it counted to and he was certified to run and was elected by a majority of Americans. He has been President for two years now. It is way past time for people to get over their ignorance.

"Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie suggested in an interview published today that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Barack Obama may NOT exist within the vital records maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health.

"Abercrombie told the Honolulu Star Advertiser he was searching within the Hawaii Department of Health to find definitive vital records that would prove Obama was born in Hawaii, because the continuing eligibility controversy could hurt the president's chances of re-election in 2012.

"Toward the end of the interview, the newspaper asked Abercrombie: "You stirred up quite a controversy with your comments regarding birthers and your plan to release more information regarding President Barack Obama's birth certificate. How is that coming?"

"In his response, Abercrombie acknowledged the birth certificate issue will have "political implications" for the next presidential election "that we simply cannot have."

"Suggesting he was still intent on producing more birth records on Obama from the Hawaii Department of Health vital records vault, Abercrombie told the newspaper there was a recording of the Obama birth in the state archives that he wants to make public.

"Abercrombie did not report to the newspaper that he or the Hawaii Department of Health had found Obama's long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate. The governor only suggested his investigations to date had identified an unspecified listing or notation of Obama's birth that someone had made in the state archives.

"For seemingly the first time, Abercrombie frankly acknowledged that presidential politics motivated his search for Obama birth records, implying that failure to resolve the questions that remain unanswered about the president's birth and early life may damage his chance for re-election.

"So far, the only birth document available on Obama is a Hawaii Certification of Live Birth that first appeared on the Internet during the 2008 presidential campaign. It was posted by two purportedly independent websites that have displayed a strong partisan bias for Obama – Snopes.com released the COLB in June 2008, and FactCheck.org published photographs of the document in August 2008.

Cantor's response is exactly why the "crazy" birthers continue and are inflamed by some Republicans who want their vote/support but don't want to appear to be crazy themselves.

He said "I THINK the president is a citizen of the United States." The correct response is "Pres. Obama was born in Hawaii which has been proven over and over again, therefore, he is a citizen of the United States just as I am having been born in..."

It's very simple Obama can prove the birthers wrong. Why doesn't he do so? It should be mandatory when candidates turn in the paperwork to run for president that a copy of their birth certificate be included. It's a requirement for the office so why isn't it done now? Come on Obama prove those "crazy birthers" wrong. You've spent several million dollars avoiding the question.

Posted by: Desertdiva1
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Your a f@#king moron, crazy is too nice for imbeciles like you

When a guy like Soros has so much money and even more power all over the World , why is it so hard for people to believe that he could fix a fake birth Certificate in a place like Hawaii and even drum up a thousand witnesses that would swear they were there when the Jug-eared boob was born ?

Why would "Anti-Birthers" waste time arguing with crazy conspiracy theory nut jobs? If there were any credence to the accusation Republicans would surely have taken it to court and won by now. When someone is convinced of something before they even investigate it they tend grab onto things that support what they believe already and disregard the rest. It's much more satisfying to point out what total moronic conspiracy theorist nut jobs birthers are than to bang our heads against a brick wall trying to convince them of reality.

Many years ago when I was in the military, I held a rather high-level security clearance. To get that clearance, the only document I had to present in order to verify my citizenship was my home state's equivalent of the kind of certificate that Obama has already produced.

If that document was good enough for the FBI and the Office of Naval Intelligence in the 1970's when the Cold War was in full swing and everyone was worried about moles, seems like it ought to be good enough now too. Assuming, of course, you are a reasonable person.

It's very simple Obama can prove the birthers wrong. Why doesn't he do so? It should be mandatory when candidates turn in the paperwork to run for president that a copy of their birth certificate be included. It's a requirement for the office so why isn't it done now? Come on Obama prove those "crazy birthers" wrong. You've spent several million dollars avoiding the question.

Here's the plain truth. Obama is the President of the United States of America. I don't think he could have gotten as far as he did without producing a birth certificate. I am very confident in our government vetting all petitioners that wish to become the President of the United States.

Simply and plainly put: His documents had to be verified or else the man would not be the President. He wouldn't have even been a candidate if he didn't have the proper documentation to prove he was a citizen.

It's strange that he's the ONLY President whose nationality has been questioned. I guess it's his name......

The Founders wanted the President to be a Natural Born Citizen to ensure that the ONE person sitting at the top of the Executive branch had UNQUESTIONABLE, UNWAVERING loyalty to the United States, first and foremost.

‎(Bestowed by God/Nature)

Obama...is not and can never be a "natural born" citizen because his father was a Kenyan national and a British subject, as was Obama, "at birth."

The Obama Campaign describes Barack Obama Sr. as, "a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948.

That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children," on it's website.

...is a "native-born," 14th Amendment citizen because his mother was an American and he was born in Hawaii.

The Obama Campaign describes Barack Obama as a "native-born citizen" on it's website.

...is a "citizen" because his mother was an American and he was born in Hawaii -- assuming he was born in Hawaii. If Obama was not born in Hawaii, all bets are off.

See: Right there on Obama's own website, where it says, "The Truth About Barack's Birth Certificate" -- "The truth is, Barack Obama was born in the state of Hawaii in 1961, a "native citizen of the United States of America."

John Jay -- The First Chief Justice Of The U.S. Supreme Court

The term natural born citizen was first codified in writing in colonial reference books in 1758 in the legal reference book "Law of Nations."

That legal reference book was used by... John Jay, who later went on to become the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jay had the clause inserted into the Constitution via a letter he wrote to George Washington, the leader of the Constitutional Convention.

Jay was considered the outstanding legal scholar of his time and he was the one is responsible for inserting that term into the U. S. Constitution, which was derived from the Law of Nations.

John Jay wrote:

"Permit me to hint, whether it would be wise and reasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Commander in Chief of the American army shall not be given to nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen."

Law Of Nations..

Anyway It dosen't matter because When Barack Obama, Jr. was six, his mother married an Indonesian oil manager, a
“Muslim” named Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where the boy's half-sister Maya was born.

The family would reside there...... for four years. Obama attended school in Indonesia under the name Barry Soetoro; at that time, only Indonesian citizens were permitted to attend school in that country.

Now being The Adopted by His new Father Lolo Soetoro Obamas name was now Barry Soetoro /

Now Also!"ineligible" to be POTUS under the Constitution.Because he was adopted,!!

The Founders wanted the President to be a Natural Born Citizen to ensure that the ONE person sitting at the top of the Executive branch had UNQUESTIONABLE, UNWAVERING loyalty to the United States, first and foremost.

‎(Bestowed by God/Nature)

Obama...is not and can never be a "natural born" citizen because his father was a Kenyan national and a British subject, as was Obama, "at birth."

The Obama Campaign describes Barack Obama Sr. as, "a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948.

That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children," on it's website.

...is a "native-born," 14th Amendment citizen because his mother was an American and he was born in Hawaii.

The Obama Campaign describes Barack Obama as a "native-born citizen" on it's website.

...is a "citizen" because his mother was an American and he was born in Hawaii -- assuming he was born in Hawaii. If Obama was not born in Hawaii, all bets are off.

See: Right there on Obama's own website, where it says, "The Truth About Barack's Birth Certificate" -- "The truth is, Barack Obama was born in the state of Hawaii in 1961, a "native citizen of the United States of America."

John Jay -- The First Chief Justice Of The U.S. Supreme Court

The term natural born citizen was first codified in writing in colonial reference books in 1758 in the legal reference book "Law of Nations."

That legal reference book was used by... John Jay, who later went on to become the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jay had the clause inserted into the Constitution via a letter he wrote to George Washington, the leader of the Constitutional Convention.

Jay was considered the outstanding legal scholar of his time and he was the one is responsible for inserting that term into the U. S. Constitution, which was derived from the Law of Nations.

John Jay wrote:

"Permit me to hint, whether it would be wise and reasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Commander in Chief of the American army shall not be given to nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen."

Law Of Nations..

Anyway It dosen't matter because When Barack Obama, Jr. was six, his mother married an Indonesian oil manager, a
“Muslim” named Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where the boy's half-sister Maya was born.

The family would reside there...... for four years. Obama attended school in Indonesia under the name Barry Soetoro; at that time, only Indonesian citizens were permitted to attend school in that country.

Now being The Adopted by His new Father Lolo Soetoro Obamas name was now Barry Soetoro /

Now Also!"ineligible" to be POTUS under the Constitution.Because he was adopted,!!

If the birthers are correct why dont they go to court --- oh wait they did and two different courts dismissed the case. The newspaper notice are pretty persuasive unless the birthers claim that in 1961 Obama was setting up this attempt to defraud the American people. Last the Certificate of Live Birth - which is a birth certificate - has been published. It has survived (fraudulent) attempts to claim it is a forgery.
Of course the article is about the fact that Cantor is too weak or dishonest to state the truth.

Take a look at the comments from the "AntiBirthers" below. All they have are smears; they can't come up with valid arguments. But, that's all they have: where O was born simply has not been definitively proven. And, dozens of MSM reporters have lied and misled about the basic facts of this matter. The "AntiBirthers" cover up for that by smearing.

If you want to help make *leading* (not just sockpuppet) "AntiBirthers" look bad, get them on record taking this perception test:

Gee if the Post were a newspaper instead of a Democrat house organ, there might be something to investigate.

0bama’s other hidden public records:
1. Dunham-Obama marriage license. Not released.
2. Dunham-Soetoro marriage license. Not released.
3. Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama adoption records. Not released.
4. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Besuki School application obtained.
5. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Punahou School records. Not released.
6. Selective Service Registration – a proven forgery released and a criminal act.
7. Obama’s Occidental College records. Not released.
9. Obama’s passport from Indonesia, he had to have one to attend school in Indonesia. Not released.
10. Obama’s U.S. Passport, if one exists. Not released.
11. Obama entered Pakistan on what countries passport. Not released.
12. Obama’s Columbia University records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
13. Obama’s Columbia University thesis. Not released.
14. Not one name of any student who knows Obama attendant Columbia released or known.
15. Obama’s Harvard Law School records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
16. Obama’s Harvard Law Review articles, none released.
17. Obama’s Baptism certificate, if one exists? None released.
18. Obama’s Illinois State Senate records. Not released.
19. Obama’s Illinois State Senate schedule. Not released (alleged to have been lost).
20. Obama’s Law practices client list and billing records. Not released.
21. Obama’s University of Chicago scholarly articles, none released or exist?
22. The reason Obama lost his license to practice law in Illinois.
23. Explanation for his false Connecticut Social Security number.
What gives?

I never believed it before the 2008 election. I thought it was just dirty politics. I couldn't figure out though why Obama won't produce it to shut people up. Recently the new governor of Hawaii decided to show us the birth certificate once and for all. Good idea let's end the issue. Suddenly he isn't able to do so. You have to ask why and the best reason is Obama wasn't born here. I now think the birthers have been right after all. Obama can't produce it because there isn't one. OOPS! Those crazy birthers have been right all along. That paper that Obama has produced is NOT a birth certificate. It's a certificate of live birth and those are two totally different things. I think his place of birth needs to be verified before the next election as part of his paperwork to run. Why let the man have a second term when he hasn't provided a true birth certificate?

~BRECKINRIDGE LONG - attorney & graduate of Washington University Law School, Democrat , later served as Assistant Secretary of State as well as U.S. ambassador to Italy under Franklin Roosevelt
"It is not disputed that Mr.(Charles) Hughes is not a citizen of the United States, but if he had the right to elect, he must have had something to choose between. He was native born because he was born in this country, and he is now a native born citizen because he is now a citizen of this country;
BUT had he been a natural born citizen, he would not have had the right to choose between this country and England; he would have had nothing to choose between; he would have owed his sole allegiance to the government of the United States, and there would have been no possible question, whether he found himself in the United States or in any other country in the world, that he would be called upon to show allegiance to any Government but that of the United States."

Good for Cantor. The Post hasn't done its job. A birth certificate for the President of the United States should be pretty easy to come by. Get it, publish it on the front page and end the discussion. If you can't, explain in detail why you can't.

Birthers are crazy neurotic idiots. If 10% of the U.S. population believes Obama is not a citizen there is no hope for U.S.. It's a sad state of affairs when ignorance is considered by many to be an admirable quality. Calling someone an educated elite is considered by many to be an insult because most of us must be morons.

Birthers are crazy neurotic idiots. If 10% of the U.S. population believes Obama is not a citizen there is no hope for U.S.. It's a sad state of affairs when ignorance is considered by many to be an admirable quality. Calling someone an educated elite is considered by many to be an insult because most of us must be morons.

NOW-- Sen. Johnson, speaking on the Senate floor, offers his comments and understanding of the proposed new amendment to the constitution:
[Now], all this amendment [citizenship clause] provides is, that all persons born in the United States and not subject to some foreign Power--for that, no doubt, is the meaning of the committee who have brought the matter before us--shall be considered as citizens of the United States. That would seem to be not only a wise but a necessary provision.
If there are to be citizens of the United States there should be some certain definition of what citizenship is, what has created the character of citizen as between himself and the United States, and the amendment says that citizenship may depend upon birth, and I know of no better way to give rise to citizenship than the fact of birth within the territory of the United States, born to parents who at the time were subject to the authority of the United States.[4]

Birthers are crazy neurotic idiots. If 10% of the U.S. population believes Obama is not a citizen there is no hope for U.S.. It's a sad state of affairs when ignorance is considered by many to be an admirable quality. Calling someone an educated elite is considered by many to be an insult because most of us must be morons.

0bama’s other hidden public records:
1. Dunham-Obama marriage license. Not released.
2. Dunham-Soetoro marriage license. Not released.
3. Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama adoption records. Not released.
4. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Besuki School application obtained.
5. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Punahou School records. Not released.
6. Selective Service Registration – a proven forgery released and a criminal act.
7. Obama’s Occidental College records. Not released.
9. Obama’s passport from Indonesia, he had to have one to attend school in Indonesia. Not released.
10. Obama’s U.S. Passport, if one exists. Not released.
11. Obama entered Pakistan on what countries passport. Not released.
12. Obama’s Columbia University records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
13. Obama’s Columbia University thesis. Not released.
14. Not one name of any student who knows Obama attendant Columbia released or known.
15. Obama’s Harvard Law School records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
16. Obama’s Harvard Law Review articles, none released.
17. Obama’s Baptism certificate, if one exists? None released.
18. Obama’s Illinois State Senate records. Not released.
19. Obama’s Illinois State Senate schedule. Not released (alleged to have been lost).
20. Obama’s Law practices client list and billing records. Not released.
21. Obama’s University of Chicago scholarly articles, none released or exist?
22. The reason Obama lost his license to practice law in Illinois.
23. Explanation for his false Connecticut Social Security number.
What gives?

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Very true, I don't think he ever actually served in the Senate before his presidency. WHERE IS THE PROOF

FOLKS, THE 14th AMENDMENT PERVERTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN FORCE AND THEIR SICK MINISTRATIONS ARE NOW IN EVIDENCE ON THIS PAGE--
NOW THE TRUTH--HERE IS JUST A PORTION OF THE TRANSCRIPT RECORDING THE STATEMENTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CRAFTED THE LAW--READ CAREFULLY
THIS IS WHAT 'SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF' REALLY MEANS---"RIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH" NO NEED TO FALL FOR THE GROTESQUE LIES TOLD BY THE CREEPS DWELLING IN OUR MIDST

Sen. Howard concurs with Lyman Trumbull's construction:
Mr. HOWARD: I concur entirely with the honorable Senator from Illinois [Trumbull], in holding that the word "jurisdiction," as here employed, ought to be construed so as to imply a FULL and COMPLETE jurisdiction on the part of the United States, whether exercised by Congress, by the executive, or by the judicial department; that is to say, the same jurisdiction in extent and quality as applies to every citizen of the United States now.[3]

In other words, only children born to U.S. citizens can be considered citizens of the United States since only a U.S. citizen could enjoy the "extent and quality" of jurisdiction of an U.S. citizen

Birthers are crazy neurotic idiots. If 10% of the U.S. population believes Obama is not a citizen there is no hope for U.S.. It's a sad state of affairs when ignorance is considered by many to be an admirable quality. Calling someone an educated elite is considered by many to be an insult because most of us must be morons.

This is insane, a Republican that isn't trying to pander to the fringe with personal attacks on our standing president? Clearly a RINO if you ask me. Time for a tea partier to remove him from office and replace him with drooling hillbilly that can only say the words "guns" and "Jesus", it's the only American thing left to do.

These !d!ot "birthers" are absolutely mad as a hatter. There only excuse for using oxygen is to spew lies about our president. If our president was white and republican, you can bet they wouldn't give a rat's patute if he was born on Venus.

These !d!ot "birthers" are absolutely mad as a hatter. There only excuse for using oxygen is to spew lies about our president. If our president was white and republican, you can bet they wouldn't give a rat's patute if he was born on Venus.

These !d!ot "birthers" are absolutely mad as a hatter. There only excuse for using oxygen is to spew lies about our president. If our president was white and republican, you can bet they wouldn't care if he was born on Venus.

These !d!ot "birthers" are absolutely mad as a hatter. There only excuse for using oxygen is to spew lies about our president. If our president was white and republican, you can bet they wouldn't care if he was born on Venus.

House Judiciary Com.Chairman~James Wilson 1866
"We must depend on the general law relating to subjects & citizens RECOGNIZED BY ALL NATIONS FOR A DEFINITION & that must lead us to the conclusion that every person born in the United States is a natural-born citizen of such States, EXCEPT that it may be that children born on our soil to temporary sojourners or reps of foreign Gov'ts are native born citizens of the U.S.

Obama Sr-sojourner,personified,in the U.S.
sojourn- to reside temporarily

The plaintiff in error being of legeance to the crown of England,his child, though born﻿ in the United States during his father’s temporary residence therein–22 months & 20 days – not withstanding its mother be an American citizen, is not a citizen of the United States. It is incapacitate by its infancy from making any present election, follows the legeance of its father, partus sequitur patrem, and is a British subject.
Story's Conflict Laws 30

Section 1 of Article Two of the United States Constitution sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as President of the United States:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

14th Amendment, Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

These idiot "birthers" are absolutely mad as a hatter. There only excuse for using oxygen is to spew lies about our president. If our president was white and republican, you can bet they wouldn't care if he was born on Venus.

0bama’s other hidden public records:
1. Dunham-Obama marriage license. Not released.
2. Dunham-Soetoro marriage license. Not released.
3. Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama adoption records. Not released.
4. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Besuki School application obtained.
5. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Punahou School records. Not released.
6. Selective Service Registration – a proven forgery released and a criminal act.
7. Obama’s Occidental College records. Not released.
9. Obama’s passport from Indonesia, he had to have one to attend school in Indonesia. Not released.
10. Obama’s U.S. Passport, if one exists. Not released.
11. Obama entered Pakistan on what countries passport. Not released.
12. Obama’s Columbia University records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
13. Obama’s Columbia University thesis. Not released.
14. Not one name of any student who knows Obama attendant Columbia released or known.
15. Obama’s Harvard Law School records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
16. Obama’s Harvard Law Review articles, none released.
17. Obama’s Baptism certificate, if one exists? None released.
18. Obama’s Illinois State Senate records. Not released.
19. Obama’s Illinois State Senate schedule. Not released (alleged to have been lost).
20. Obama’s Law practices client list and billing records. Not released.
21. Obama’s University of Chicago scholarly articles, none released or exist?
22. The reason Obama lost his license to practice law in Illinois.
23. Explanation for his false Connecticut Social Security number.
What gives?

Democrats are praying for the first time in their lives, they are praying Obama won't have to show America his birth certificate even though they know one does not exist. Obama will be forced to prove he is a citizen before the elections, he is so out of there once he can't.

0bama’s other hidden public records:
1. Dunham-Obama marriage license. Not released.
2. Dunham-Soetoro marriage license. Not released.
3. Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama adoption records. Not released.
4. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Besuki School application obtained.
5. Obama’s aka Soetoro’s Punahou School records. Not released.
6. Selective Service Registration – a proven forgery released and a criminal act.
7. Obama’s Occidental College records. Not released.
9. Obama’s passport from Indonesia, he had to have one to attend school in Indonesia. Not released.
10. Obama’s U.S. Passport, if one exists. Not released.
11. Obama entered Pakistan on what countries passport. Not released.
12. Obama’s Columbia University records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
13. Obama’s Columbia University thesis. Not released.
14. Not one name of any student who knows Obama attendant Columbia released or known.
15. Obama’s Harvard Law School records, a foreign exchange student? Not released.
16. Obama’s Harvard Law Review articles, none released.
17. Obama’s Baptism certificate, if one exists? None released.
18. Obama’s Illinois State Senate records. Not released.
19. Obama’s Illinois State Senate schedule. Not released (alleged to have been lost).
20. Obama’s Law practices client list and billing records. Not released.
21. Obama’s University of Chicago scholarly articles, none released or exist?
22. The reason Obama lost his license to practice law in Illinois.
23. Explanation for his false Connecticut Social Security number.
What gives?

These idiot "birthers" are absolutely mad as a hatter. There only excuse for using oxygen is to spew lies about our president. If our president was white and republican, you can bet they wouldn't care if he was born on Venus.

Democrats are praying for the first time in their lives, they are praying Obama won't have to show America his birth certificate even though they know one does not exist. Obama will be forced to prove he is a citizen before the elections, he is so out of there once he can't.

Democrats are praying for the first time in their lives, they are praying Obama won't have to show America his birth certificate even though they know one does not exist. Obama will be forced to prove he is a citizen before the elections, he is so out of there once he can't.

Bringing up Obama's citizenship is like blowing a dog whistle for those who sport tinfoil hats. The point of this article is that Eric Cantor, an influential and rising member of the Republican Party can't bring himself to state that birthers are delusional. Why? Because he recognizes that birthers are the most passionate Obama haters. Since hating Obama has become a strategy for the national Republican Party, Cantor hardly can do anything else. As to why birthers persist in spouting crackpot legal and constitutional arguments, you'd have to ask their facilitators over at Fox.

THIS IS DIRECTED AT ALL THOSE WHO HAVE, ARE IN THE PROCESS, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, OF OR ARE CONTEMPLATING PERVERTING THE TRUE MEANING AND INTENT OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO ADVANCE THEIR TWISTED AGENDAS OR ARE SIMPLY REGURGITATING LIES THEY'VE BEEN FED BY OTHERS,- WHOSE PURPOSE IT IS TO EXPLOIT THEIR IGNORANCE

THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF THE 14th AMENDMENTS "CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE" contains THESE WORDS AND READS AS FOLLOWS-----"...AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF"
---"SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF"
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IS IT SIMPLY AS MANY WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE OR HAVE YOU BELIEVE-A FANCIER WAY OF SAYING "BORN IN THE UNITED STATES" OR WITHIN ITS TERRITORIAL LIMITS??
THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION----IS A RESOUNDING AND EMPHATIC "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
"IT MEANS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANYONE ELSE. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS" THE QUOTATION MARKS CORRALLING THESE WORDS INDICATE THAT THEY BELONG TO THE LAW'S AUTHOR--THERE IS NO QUESTION AS TO THEIR AUTHORITATIVE CARRIAGE

THIS WAS TRIGGERED BY THE OBSCURANTIST POSTING BELOW--(RE RELEVANCY OF 14TH AMENDMENT..) THIS REPREHENSIBLE CHARACTER IS TRYING TO MISLEAD THE UNINITIATED AND HAS NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT FOR HIS FELLOW CITIZENS, IF HE INDEED BE ONE--

An interesting theory of late has to do with the fact that when Obama was adopted by Indonesian Lolo Soetoro in the 1970s, his name was legally changed to Barry Soetoro.

As far as we know, he never filed the papers to change his name back to “Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.”, so any birth certificate produced by the state of Hawaii would now list him as corrected to “Barry Soetoro”. It would be interesting to see what race it lists too.

This may explain why he's withholding his school records too. He may have decided belatedly--maybe around the time he wanted to get into Harvard Law--that being a black man would get him a better deal than being an Indonesian.

Rep. Eric Cantor-(R) received $8 Million Dollars this last election from financial and real estate corporation lobbyists to overturn 250+ years of real estate property law and accept MERS in lieu of county property recording deeds.

As far as I know, no President has ever produced a birth certificate, that is until Obama. What will it take you racist to be satisfied?
The official Hawaii copy and newspaper announcement from 1961 aren't good enough?
Yes, crazy seems to be fit the bill.

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Newspaper announcement means nothing, pay the newspaper and they print it. Once has to wonder, why won't Obama produce this document?

I would think the American people would better spend their time worrying about the destruction of the socio-economic structure that created the high living standards of the 20th century and the systematic and deliberate move toward socialism and perhaps even communism (if a subsequent administration chooses to continue down the path). It will destroy the living standard of all Americans just as it did in Cuba, China, the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany.

The new Hawaii Governor, Neil Ambercrombie a far-left liberal, says the state cannot locate Obama's "long form" (official) state birth certificate.........Hmmmmm....why is that? Isn't it telling that after two years of questioning, Obama STILL has not produced the birth certificate just to shut his doubters up.......unless he cannot produce it.

His first act as President, literally within 5 minutes of taking office, he signed executive order #13489 that sealed his own records. What is this all about. We want Congress to examine these records and see why he sealed them.

The common law or unwritten code aka natural law~ has also spoken, on the matter; B.Obama II follows the ligeance of his father/owes allegiance to the country of his father-inherits his status-AT BIRTH entering into all its rights

Neither "code is silent" regarding this issue--
B.Obama II, as the child of NON-IMMIGRANT to the U.S., NON U.S. Citizen, B.Obama Sr, cannot be a(n) United States Constitutional -ARTICLE II 'natural born Citizen'. Therefore , he is not eligible to serve in the Office of President of the United States of America The Nation's future 1st Supreme Court Chief Justice writes to Gen Geo Washington- The Command-in-Chief of the U.S. Army may NOT devolve on any but a natural born Citizen--
Invitations were NOT extended by OUR Founders- to tourists in/ visitors to/- the U.S.-to have installed -their off spring as Commander-in-Chief

By the "written code" B.O. Jr may be a[U.S.] 'citizen' through the native soil & U.S. citizen mother--"naturalized at birth" , if you will--but no matter how you choose to look at it he can be nothing more than a STATUTORY, U.S. citizen- that is; a citizen by some positive act/affirmative law.
AGAIN- B.O. Jr's British Citizenship, unlike his Kenyan Citizenship did NOT, simply evaporate-expire due to inaction- and ---thus far we have been presented with no record of his having renounced it----he in all likelihood retains a class of British Citizenship, today, if B.O. Sr is his father and B.O. Jr has publicly acknowledged Sr

As far as I know, no President has ever produced a birth certificate, that is until Obama. What will it take you racist to be satisfied?
The official Hawaii copy and newspaper announcement from 1961 aren't good enough?
Yes, crazy seems to be fit the bill.

In accordance with the Citizenship Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, citizenship may be acquired automatically at birth or through the process of naturalization: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

President Obama was BORN in the USA. Nowhere in the above amendment does it state that his father had to be BORN in the US for him to become a citizen.

I guess that's why men always get their kids in custody battles, eh? Obama's father must have gave birth to him because, according to the logic of a small, degenerate few, President Obama does not have an American mother.

37th Congress 2nd Session House of Representatives 1862
WHO ARE NATURAL BORN CITIZENS?
ALL PERSONS BORN WITHIN THE REPUBLIC, OF PARENTS OWING ALLEGIANCE TO NO OTHER SOVEREIGNTY, are natural born citizens. Gentlemen can find no exception to this statement touching natural born citizens except what is said in the Constitution in relation to Indians The reason that exception was made in the﻿ Constitution is apparent to everybody

Legendary Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story -34 yrs on the High Court, "Father of Harvard Law"~1834
"Persons who are born in a country, are generally deemed to be citizens and subjects of that country. A reasonable qualification of the rule would seem to be, that it should not apply to the children of parents, who were in itinere﻿ in the country, or who were abiding there for temporary purposes....” –Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws Ch.III

B Obama II ,it appears, has clearly spoken on the subject- and admits that his citizenship status at birth was/is "GOVERNED BY" British Law
The following was published and sanctioned for wide-dissemination via B.O. Jr's own website, "Fight the Smears" from "Factcheck[dot]org"

“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was GOVERNED by The British Nationality Act of 1948. THAT SAME ACT GOVERNED the status of Obama Sr.‘s children."

The British Nationality Act of 1948 (Part II, Section 5): Subject to the provisions of this section, a person born after the commencement of this Act shall be a CITIZEN of the United Kingdom and Colonies BY DESCENT if his father is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of the birth.

[ Supreme Court Justice Joseph] Story Conflict of Laws~
"When[a nation's] code[municipal, written] speaks positively[affirmatively, in a "man-made" fashion] on the subject it must be obeyed by all persons, who are within the reach of its sovereignty. When its customary, unwritten or common law[natural law. law of nations] speaks directly on the subject, it is equally to be OBEYED, for it has an equal obligation with positive code
When both are silent, then, AND ONLY THEN, can the question properly arise, what law is to GOVERN in the absence of any clear declaration of the sovereign will

George Collins,Attorney Secretary of the American Bar Association(1884)
"The rule of International law that the political status of the father is impressed upon the child..is founded in reason & established according to the dictates of sound policy as stated by[Emmerich] VATTEL"-By the law of nature alone children follow the conditions of their fathers & enter into all their rights; the place of birth produces no change in this particular & cannot of itself furnish any reason for taking from a child what nature has given him
"Birth,therefore, does not ipso facto confer citizenship, and it is ESSENTIAL in order that a person be a native or natural born citizen of the U.S., that his father be at the time of the birth of such person a citizen thereof."
Collins is writing in Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' "American Law Review"(1886-1906)

There is no record being made available to demonstrate that Barack Obama II has formally renounced his British Citizenship. The form he was born with--- does NOT simply evaporate The holder must take deliberate, positive action to sever this national tie
He, very likely, remains a British Citizen,[eg BOPC] to this day

Hey Cantor,
The U.S. Constitution does NOT state that the individuals eligible to sit as POTUS must be "born in the U.S. " OR that that person be a "citizen"[ARTICLE II's "Sunset Clause" has long lapsed into obsolescence] THE U.S. CONSTITUTION requires that "No person except a natural born Citizen..."
You are a frighteningly ignorant person.
I won't say crazy because it's nice to call anyone crazy
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO CUE ONE ESPECIALLY SUCCINCT "CRAZY BIRTHER" TO EASE YOUR STATE OF DELUSION

U.S. Congressman, abolitionist,"Architect of the 14th Amendment" John Bingham, confirms understanding & construction Framers used re birthright & jurisdiction House of Representatives March 9 1866
I find no fault with the introductory clause which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that EVERY HUMAN BEING BORN within the jurisdiction of the United States OF PARENTS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANY FOREIGN SOVEREIGNTY IS,in the language of your Constitution itself,A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Saw the "Meet David Gregory" segment where he refused to utter the words hat Mr. Gregory wanted him to. I personally was waiting to see if he could get him to say "Dirty rotten scoundrels", "Tea Party fanatics" or "Hawaii Haters".

And the first paragraph of this piece is Cantor's refusal to repeat David's exact words as if the non-repeating was a sacrilege. Rather than pointing out that nobody gives a darn about the subject except for left wingers trying to create an issue out of it. Mr. Cantor tried to save Gregory's integrity by insisting nobody cared about the non-issue, but I guess the "Meet the Press" host who totally missed Tim Russert's journalistic chops as the reason the show mattered. (Oops, swore I would never mention the great Tim's and David Gregory's name in the same sentence.)

Saw the "Meet David Gregory" segment where he refused to utter the words hat Mr. Gregory wanted him to. I personally was waiting to see if he could get him to say "Dirty rotten scoundrels", "Tea Party fanatics" or "Hawaii Haters".

And the first paragraph of this piece is Cantor's refusal to repeat David's exact words as if the non-repeating was a sacrilege. Rather than pointing out that nobody gives a darn about the subject except for left wingers trying to create an issue out of it. Mr. Cantor tried to save Gregory's integrity by insisting nobody cared about the non-issue, but I guess the "Meet the Press" host who totally missed Tim Russert's journalistic chops as the reason the show mattered. (Oops, swore I would never mention the great Tim's and David Gregory's name in the same sentence.)

Why is the issue so complicated? When my son signs up for a sport's program, they always asks for a birth certificate. He has always provided one. IT IS ONLY THEN THAT HE IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE! Why can't "President" Obama simply produce it? When he does, then He can participate. Then we can say -"Mr. President."

There has never been any question that Obama is a citizen of the United States. He is the son of a (deceased) American citizen.

The question has been whether or not he fulfills the Constitution's requirement that a President be a "natural citizen", which has been interpreted to mean "born in the United States".

I have no idea one way or another, but I have always had suspicions araised by the lack of an original birth certificate (The certificate widely shown was a certified live birth document created years afterward). Now the lack of an original birth certificate doesn't prove anything one way or the other.

I would think the American people would better spend their time worrying about the destruction of the socio-economic structure that created the high living standards of the 20th century and the systematic and deliberate move toward socialism and perhaps even communism (if a subsequent administration chooses to continue down the path). It will destroy the living standard of all Americans just as it did in Cuba, China, the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany. I would think that the effort spent on worrying about birth certificates might be better spent educating liberals on the American and World history that they apparently missed in high school, in a last-ditch effort to save our country from becoming a socialist state.

There has never been any question that Obama is a citizen of the United States. He is the son of a (deceased) American citizen.

The question has been whether or not he fulfills the Constitution's requirement that a President be a "natural citizen", which has been interpreted to mean "born in the United States".

I have no idea one way or another, but I have always had suspicions araised by the lack of an original birth certificate (The certificate widely shown was a certified live birth document created years afterward). Now the lack of an original birth certificate doesn't prove anything one way or the other.

I would think the American people would better spend their time worrying about the destruction of the socio-economic structure that created the high living standards of the 20th century and the systematic and deliberate move toward socialism and perhaps even communism (if a subsequent administration chooses to continue down the path). It will destroy the living standard of all Americans just as it did in Cuba, China, the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany. I would think that the effort spent on worrying about birth certificates might be better spent educating liberals on the American and World history that they apparently missed in high school, in a last-ditch effort to save our country from becoming a socialist state.

Which is exactly why this nonsense continues. If Republican leadership wanted to stop the birthers or diminish them, they could. That they won't is showing us all that they condone the talk and feel it is to their advantage.

I listened to Mr. Cantor this morning and he, like the rest of the Republicans don't seem to understand that in the Presidential election the American people rejected Republican policies and ideologies. George Bush was given eight years to put forth Republican policies and in the end the American people felt those policies almost destroyed our country. At least Bush was given a chance to see what his policies would do. The American people chose the policies of Democrats and and elected Barack Hussein Obama as President. Unfortunately Republicans/conservatives/ right wing and the media immediately began an all out attack on him with the intent to destroy President Obama. The more he succeeds, the more it angers the right. Rather than working with the President their only objective is to destroy him and undo everything he has done. Oh, and have you noticed, they don't have a darn thing to replace anything that has been accomplished with. So what exactly is the point? Their only intent in their world is to undo everything the duly elected President has done to move this country forward. In fact, they have been so anti American they have decided it was better for them to totally go against EVERYTHING this President and the Democratic Congress has tried to do for the American people.

I ask people, what exactly have Republicans done for this country the past two years? They have voted in lock step against the average American. They have condone the total disrespect of our duly elected President, his family, the office of the President and the country. They have vilified and condoned the right wing in their attacks on the President, Michelle Obama, the Democrats, African Americans, Gays, the unemployed, the uninsured, Unions, Federal, state and city employees and everyone else who refuses to go along with their narrow minded agenda. They have never bothered to give the President a chance, they have refused to work with him. And then, they whine, bi!ch and moan and blame him for their actions. They have used fear, scare. smear, hate, intolerance, doom and gloom and gullible people willingly voted against their own best interest to vote them back into the House just so they can take us right back to the same policies that got us here in the first place.

Sad to say that with purging the air waves of any other voice besides the Conservative, right wing doom, gloom, hate, intolerance and ignorance, we will get the America some people deserve. But while Republicans will be eagerly blaming Democrats and President Obama, those of us still able to think and look into things for ourselves know better.

While an amazingly high 10% of the population are "birthers, " almost every single lower class uneducated white middle aged one of them is a republicon. Without these knuckle dragging neanderthals republicons can not win elections. can't-tour is not going to call them crazy because they actually know what that words means, or at least understand that it is "bad" when someone calls you crazy.

Maybe all the republican officeholders in Hawaaii of roughly Obama's age can show us their "long form" birth certificates? We have not seen any of theirs? Do we know they have them? Why don't they produce them?

What a wuss! He doesn't have the courage to call out the birther element in his own party and he wants us to take the "GOP Leadership" seriously. Sure - wink, wink, nudge, nudge to the crazies. A sure winner for America and "adult conversations".

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